Tasting Room Host/Lead (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

  Lachini Vineyards

  Newberg, Oregon

Lachini Vineyards, Oregon producer of ultra-premium Estate Pinot Noir seeks the perfect candidate to complete our thriving Tasting Room. The applicant for this position must love hospitality with a contagious enthusiasm for wine, and enjoy providing a high-quality, educational tasting experience. You are outgoing, positive and have lots of energy! 

We have an immediate opening for part-time Tasting Room Associate in our Oregon tasting rooms (15-30 hours/week).. This position can be full-time if desired. We are seeking a dynamic individual with a professional demeanor and experience in the wine industry (preferable) to serve our upscale clientele. A high wine IQ and sales background is strongly desired; however an exuberant spirit & can-do attitude is essential! Experience with POS & technology/software systems is also a plus. 

Our company culture is family-based with an emphasis on top shelf hospitality, personal productivity, efficiency, flexibility and positive team interaction. Our Tasting Room is both intimate and fast-paced, and requires a calm but energetic personality with excellent sales and customer service skills. 

Our Tasting Room team promotes a sense of synergy and support with an adept focus on selling our ultra-premium wine through a unique guest experience and fun! We only want ‘A’ players! 

Job Requirements:
•  Minimum AA degree
•  Previous tasting room experience preferred
•  Must be 21 years of age
•  Must be able to lift 50 pounds (case)
•  Tasting presentations require long periods of time standing and speaking to customers
•  Fine wine sales experience with a proven ability in closing and up-selling
•  Polished customer service skills and sound judgement
•  Extraordinary attention to detail
•  Team player with a professional attitude and positive disposition
•  Wine knowledge with strong interest in continuous wine education 
•  Ability to learn our proprietary computer system and our complex, countrywide shipping system in order to respond to visitors’ diverse shipping needs
•  Schedule may vary but will include mostly weekend days and some holidays. Mid-week 1-2 days. 

Position Summary:
•  Provide guests with memorable wine and customer service experience that translates into wine sales & wine club member signups.
•  Lead tastings by interweaving wine, viticulture, and AVA knowledge with the compelling story of Lachini Vineyards, Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley and your personal wisdom & life experiences.
•  Operate POS system, create shipping invoices, confidently handle all customer questions. 
•  Daily inventory counting, sales reconciliation, restocking, & cleaning.
•  Administrative duties related to shipping, mailing list, data entry and appointment scheduling
•  Maintain an organized and exceptionally clean work environment

Salary Information: hourly + commissions (possible bonus)

How To Apply

Please send resume and cover letter to

[email protected]

No walk-ins or phone calls please. Applicant should live within a 30 minute commute of our tasting room

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